Greetings from the other side.
Another day, another rainy day. We've had thunder too. Imagine that, huh? Autumn's a tad early this year, it seems. I am still holding out hope for more than than one day of sunshine in a row. We shall see.
In the past few weeks, with all the thunder going on, I have gotten quite well aquainted with a website called www.lightningmaps.org. It shows on an interactive map places where lightning strikes happen, in real time. So it is great for tracking exactly where the lightning is currently in relation to your current position. :) Good to know some times. Found out about it from my gf, and it's a good way to keep track of things so you know whether the lightning is heading in this direction or another. And yes, it does have maps of other places in the world other than this region I am currently in.
First week at work finally done, and I got through it unscathed. :) It's been fun, all things considered, and I am really enjoying my work. Overall I am enjoying my time here in Finland. Only slightly negative thing I have noticed so far is that things seem to tend to be a bit more expensive here. I will keep looking to see if I can find things that are cheaper. One thing that they do have, is that there is a very healthy second-hand market over here. More so than I have seen in Sweden.
My knee seems to be fine again, which I am very happy about. On a more negative note though, I seem to have some sort of infection in my left eye. It is red and irritated. We're treating it, but if it isn't better by Monday I will go see a doctor about it.
That will be all from me for this evening. I am still tired after a long week.
See you all on the other side!
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fredag 19 augusti 2016
onsdag 17 augusti 2016
Creative sparks, and everyday life
Greetings from the other side.
The first week in my new job has finally begun, and so far, so good. Lots to get used to, and learn, but so far I am coping well. :) To be honest, it has been a somewhat calm week, as I am getting to grips with things around the workplace. A couple of surprises, but nothing I haven't been able to handle.
We've finally gotten some sunshine today. The sun decided to show itself in mid-afternoon, clearing the rainclouds that had been covering the sky up until then. Let's see how long it lasts. If the past couple of weeks are anything to go by, I should fully expect the rain to come back tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest. We shall see.
Internet is behaving... most of the time. Still getting the occasional dip in connection speed where it is much slower than normal. We might have to talk to the service providers again.
My creative spark is still there, and I have been doing quite a lot of writing and thinking. Especially when it comes to the world-building. It is so nice to be back in the creative groove again. Though it can be a bit annoying at times when good and/or interesting ideas decide to enter my mind just when I am about to go to bed. All I can do then is jot down some quick notes on a notepad and hope it will help me remember the idea until the next evening after I get home from work. Unfortunatelly the writing has meant that the map-making has had to take a backseat. Again. Not much to do about it though. I will come back to it as soon as I get around to it.
That will round out a somewhat short post today.
See you all on the other side!
The first week in my new job has finally begun, and so far, so good. Lots to get used to, and learn, but so far I am coping well. :) To be honest, it has been a somewhat calm week, as I am getting to grips with things around the workplace. A couple of surprises, but nothing I haven't been able to handle.
We've finally gotten some sunshine today. The sun decided to show itself in mid-afternoon, clearing the rainclouds that had been covering the sky up until then. Let's see how long it lasts. If the past couple of weeks are anything to go by, I should fully expect the rain to come back tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest. We shall see.
Internet is behaving... most of the time. Still getting the occasional dip in connection speed where it is much slower than normal. We might have to talk to the service providers again.
My creative spark is still there, and I have been doing quite a lot of writing and thinking. Especially when it comes to the world-building. It is so nice to be back in the creative groove again. Though it can be a bit annoying at times when good and/or interesting ideas decide to enter my mind just when I am about to go to bed. All I can do then is jot down some quick notes on a notepad and hope it will help me remember the idea until the next evening after I get home from work. Unfortunatelly the writing has meant that the map-making has had to take a backseat. Again. Not much to do about it though. I will come back to it as soon as I get around to it.
That will round out a somewhat short post today.
See you all on the other side!
tisdag 9 augusti 2016
Windy days, lessons learned, knee & internet issues, and a bit more world-building thoughts.
Greetings from the other side.
Hello from a very wind-swept island somewhere in Finland. We went to run some errands today, and the windspeed indicator indicated winds of 21 meters / second. I can believe that. It's been blowing quite vigorously yesterday and today. A shame as I had been hoping to get some more work done outdoors. Ah well, as I pointed out in my last post there's no point in stressing over things when you have plenty of time to do it in and there's no need to rush it anyway. :)
My right knee started acting up again today, having been well for a couple of days. I doubt it is an injury as there is no pain. It just feels swollen and starts feeling a bit stiff after a while of use. It got better once, so hopefully it will get better soon again. Best I can do is try and rest it, and my gf, who is a zone therapist, will probably try and help as well with some treatment. It worked wonders a couple of days ago, so hopefully it will do the same now.
I also learned an important lesson while driving today. Just because the entry-way into a roundabout is wide enough for two or more lanes, doesn't mean that the roundabout itself has more than one lane. In fact, from what I am told, there are no roundabouts, in this area at least, that has more than one lane. Silly me from Sweden who thought that when the entryway is that wide it must mean that it is just like home that the roundabout usually has two lanes. Nope. Not the case. Something to keep in mind if you are thinking of coming here from Sweden and do some driving around. I managed to get into the roundabout anyway, eventually. Appologies to any finnish drivers who might have been wondering what that crazy swede was up to! :)
New internet is still causing issues. Best advice we got at the store when we talked to them about it was to try and connect a cable between the router and the laptop. It hasn't worked wonders really. Yesterday evening the internet was on and off. The slowest speed I tested vs Bredbandskollen.se was about 0,25Mb/s down and 0,24Mb/s down. On a 100Mb/s connection. Fastest I think was in the region of about 20Mb/s both ways. Connection speed is a bit iffy it seems. Hopefully it will get better. I can't deny I'd like to get a broadband cable into the house, but doing that is kind of expensive and something that will need to be postponed for later. It will happen at some point though.
Did some more writing on the world-building yesterday. Not much, but a little at least. I would love to get working on making maps, mainly as a visual aid for myself. I find that it can be really helpful to see the things you have envisioned in writing come to life on a map. Sadly, I am not very good at drawing maps, but I suppose practise makes perfect. I do have a program or two to help me with it, I just need to find the time to actually sit down and figure the programs out and actually draw the maps. So far, most days have been booked with something, and when a day hasn't been booked I have found something else that needs to be done. :) lol I do need to get started on it though, so I will try to work on it this week. At least the 'learning how the programs work' bit.
On top of the fairly gigantic world I am already working on, ideas for a second world has already started poping into my head. The first one is, I guess, more fantasy oriented, with the second one being more steampunk-ish in nature. I need to write down my ideas for it and see where that takes me. One thing I DO know, however, is that I won't make the second world nearly as large as the first one is turning out to be. I alreay have enough material and ideas for about 3 or 4 continents in that world, and probably plenty more to come. If I would hazard a guess, the steampunk "world" will probably be limited, at least initially, to just one or two continents or areas. I might expand that further later on, but until I am done with the fantasy world I think that will do.
See you all on the other side!
Hello from a very wind-swept island somewhere in Finland. We went to run some errands today, and the windspeed indicator indicated winds of 21 meters / second. I can believe that. It's been blowing quite vigorously yesterday and today. A shame as I had been hoping to get some more work done outdoors. Ah well, as I pointed out in my last post there's no point in stressing over things when you have plenty of time to do it in and there's no need to rush it anyway. :)
My right knee started acting up again today, having been well for a couple of days. I doubt it is an injury as there is no pain. It just feels swollen and starts feeling a bit stiff after a while of use. It got better once, so hopefully it will get better soon again. Best I can do is try and rest it, and my gf, who is a zone therapist, will probably try and help as well with some treatment. It worked wonders a couple of days ago, so hopefully it will do the same now.
I also learned an important lesson while driving today. Just because the entry-way into a roundabout is wide enough for two or more lanes, doesn't mean that the roundabout itself has more than one lane. In fact, from what I am told, there are no roundabouts, in this area at least, that has more than one lane. Silly me from Sweden who thought that when the entryway is that wide it must mean that it is just like home that the roundabout usually has two lanes. Nope. Not the case. Something to keep in mind if you are thinking of coming here from Sweden and do some driving around. I managed to get into the roundabout anyway, eventually. Appologies to any finnish drivers who might have been wondering what that crazy swede was up to! :)
New internet is still causing issues. Best advice we got at the store when we talked to them about it was to try and connect a cable between the router and the laptop. It hasn't worked wonders really. Yesterday evening the internet was on and off. The slowest speed I tested vs Bredbandskollen.se was about 0,25Mb/s down and 0,24Mb/s down. On a 100Mb/s connection. Fastest I think was in the region of about 20Mb/s both ways. Connection speed is a bit iffy it seems. Hopefully it will get better. I can't deny I'd like to get a broadband cable into the house, but doing that is kind of expensive and something that will need to be postponed for later. It will happen at some point though.
Did some more writing on the world-building yesterday. Not much, but a little at least. I would love to get working on making maps, mainly as a visual aid for myself. I find that it can be really helpful to see the things you have envisioned in writing come to life on a map. Sadly, I am not very good at drawing maps, but I suppose practise makes perfect. I do have a program or two to help me with it, I just need to find the time to actually sit down and figure the programs out and actually draw the maps. So far, most days have been booked with something, and when a day hasn't been booked I have found something else that needs to be done. :) lol I do need to get started on it though, so I will try to work on it this week. At least the 'learning how the programs work' bit.
On top of the fairly gigantic world I am already working on, ideas for a second world has already started poping into my head. The first one is, I guess, more fantasy oriented, with the second one being more steampunk-ish in nature. I need to write down my ideas for it and see where that takes me. One thing I DO know, however, is that I won't make the second world nearly as large as the first one is turning out to be. I alreay have enough material and ideas for about 3 or 4 continents in that world, and probably plenty more to come. If I would hazard a guess, the steampunk "world" will probably be limited, at least initially, to just one or two continents or areas. I might expand that further later on, but until I am done with the fantasy world I think that will do.
See you all on the other side!
onsdag 3 augusti 2016
Sleep depravation, explanations, and every day going-ons.
Greetings from the other side.
Didn't sleep much last night. There was a thunderstorm outside, and normally I can sleep through stuff like that no problem, but for some reason I couldn't last night. I am not convinced it was because of the thunderstorm. More likely a general issue of not being able to fall asleep. Oh well. It happens.
It was pointed out to me yesterday that I had kind of forgotten to specify what kind of RPG I was talking about. As I posted in my reply in the comments to that post, I was in fact talking about a tabletop RPG game system. I do know that plenty of game systems exist out there, and I've even tried my hand at playing in some of them over the years. As I also said in my reply was that I am not really doing it because I am planning on publishing a new tabletop RPG or anything like that. To me it is a fun experiment, and one I have found that I quite enjoy working on. I find it to be a very interesting challenge. :)
Most likely, it will turn out to be something I might try out with my friends but never go any further than that. If, in fact, it turns out to be a functional system at all in the end. It is my first time trying my hand at it, so I have no idea whether it will turn out good in the end or not. The main thing is that I am enjoying working on it for now. :)
The main thing though, is still the world building, which is it's own thing. As I mentioned in my previous post I am just creating a world, without tying it to any specific game system or adventure idea. I might GM a game in it at some point, or I might not. The main thing for me is the process of actually creating it and seeing it come to life.
Am still trying to come up with a good name for the world as a whole. One of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to tabletop roleplaying is coming up with names for my characters, Not to mention coming up with one for a whole world.... But once I do I might start refering to it by it's name rather than just talking about 'that world I am working on'.
Still settling in well over here. Starting my new job in about 2 weeks time, and until then I am just getting to know my surroundings a bit more. :) Been out driving, with my gf as my guide, to learn how to find my way in, and around, the nearest city.
Sadly haven't been able to go to the store to ask up about my internet connection yet. Due to various IRL reasons it has been postponed until Friday.
Also sad that I haven't yet been able to do any tabletop roleplaying online with my friends yet this week, due to the thunderstorms. They have said we will probably be getting more of the same today, so might miss tonight's D&D game as well. :-/ If I do, I will have to wait until Monday for my next game. Keeping my fingers crossed I will get a game in tonight.
Anyway, I think that will be all from me for now.
See you all on the other side!
Didn't sleep much last night. There was a thunderstorm outside, and normally I can sleep through stuff like that no problem, but for some reason I couldn't last night. I am not convinced it was because of the thunderstorm. More likely a general issue of not being able to fall asleep. Oh well. It happens.
It was pointed out to me yesterday that I had kind of forgotten to specify what kind of RPG I was talking about. As I posted in my reply in the comments to that post, I was in fact talking about a tabletop RPG game system. I do know that plenty of game systems exist out there, and I've even tried my hand at playing in some of them over the years. As I also said in my reply was that I am not really doing it because I am planning on publishing a new tabletop RPG or anything like that. To me it is a fun experiment, and one I have found that I quite enjoy working on. I find it to be a very interesting challenge. :)
Most likely, it will turn out to be something I might try out with my friends but never go any further than that. If, in fact, it turns out to be a functional system at all in the end. It is my first time trying my hand at it, so I have no idea whether it will turn out good in the end or not. The main thing is that I am enjoying working on it for now. :)
The main thing though, is still the world building, which is it's own thing. As I mentioned in my previous post I am just creating a world, without tying it to any specific game system or adventure idea. I might GM a game in it at some point, or I might not. The main thing for me is the process of actually creating it and seeing it come to life.
Am still trying to come up with a good name for the world as a whole. One of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to tabletop roleplaying is coming up with names for my characters, Not to mention coming up with one for a whole world.... But once I do I might start refering to it by it's name rather than just talking about 'that world I am working on'.
Still settling in well over here. Starting my new job in about 2 weeks time, and until then I am just getting to know my surroundings a bit more. :) Been out driving, with my gf as my guide, to learn how to find my way in, and around, the nearest city.
Sadly haven't been able to go to the store to ask up about my internet connection yet. Due to various IRL reasons it has been postponed until Friday.
Also sad that I haven't yet been able to do any tabletop roleplaying online with my friends yet this week, due to the thunderstorms. They have said we will probably be getting more of the same today, so might miss tonight's D&D game as well. :-/ If I do, I will have to wait until Monday for my next game. Keeping my fingers crossed I will get a game in tonight.
Anyway, I think that will be all from me for now.
See you all on the other side!
tisdag 2 augusti 2016
Thunderbolts and Lightning, World building, etc
Greetings from the other side.
Today we are on the third day straight of thunder and rain. It sort of comes and goes. From having experienced almost no thunder previously this summer, mother nature appears to have now, suddenly, decided to make up for that. Really wish we could get the sun, and calm, back now. Kinda sick of it. I can deal with the rain, and thunder normally, but 4 days of it kinda wears on you a bit.
Also it will probably impede on my ability to play RPGs with my friends online in the coming days, if it keeps up. Something I am hoping will NOT happen, as I wasn't able to play with them last week and I kind of miss it. Not to mention it is a great creative outlet and might help get my own creative juices flowing again.
New internet also installed. Though for something that is supposedly going to give us 100Mb/s (at least, that is what we are paying for), we are currently only getting around 20Mb/s. Will go back to the store and ask up on that tomorrow.
Been trying to do some creative writing again on my world-building project, but haven't really been able to do much of it since I got over here. Am hoping to get that creative spark back soon. Not sure how much of it will be discussed by me on the blog in the future. I guess it will depend on whether I find something in there I'd like to discuss on here. It is a subject, and a project, that is dear to my heart though, and something that is truly a labour of love more than anything. I didn't really set out to make it for any specific roleplaying game I was going to run with my friends, but more as:
A) something I have always wanted to do, as I have had the idea and concept for a world in my head for a very long time but never gotten around to writing it down and fleshing it out further.
B) to see what I could do if I gave myself complete creative freedom, not restrained by any particular game system or adventure idea.
That being said, I might still run a game in that world in the future. A friend of mine even convinced me to start working on a game system specifically for this world. I was a bit hesitant at first, but having worked on it I am now finding it to be a very fun, and interesting, challenge to go alongside the actual world building. I am still making sure however, that the world comes first and that the game system will be adapted to it, rather than the other way around.
Well, I think that is all from me for the moment.
See you all on the other side!
Today we are on the third day straight of thunder and rain. It sort of comes and goes. From having experienced almost no thunder previously this summer, mother nature appears to have now, suddenly, decided to make up for that. Really wish we could get the sun, and calm, back now. Kinda sick of it. I can deal with the rain, and thunder normally, but 4 days of it kinda wears on you a bit.
Also it will probably impede on my ability to play RPGs with my friends online in the coming days, if it keeps up. Something I am hoping will NOT happen, as I wasn't able to play with them last week and I kind of miss it. Not to mention it is a great creative outlet and might help get my own creative juices flowing again.
New internet also installed. Though for something that is supposedly going to give us 100Mb/s (at least, that is what we are paying for), we are currently only getting around 20Mb/s. Will go back to the store and ask up on that tomorrow.
Been trying to do some creative writing again on my world-building project, but haven't really been able to do much of it since I got over here. Am hoping to get that creative spark back soon. Not sure how much of it will be discussed by me on the blog in the future. I guess it will depend on whether I find something in there I'd like to discuss on here. It is a subject, and a project, that is dear to my heart though, and something that is truly a labour of love more than anything. I didn't really set out to make it for any specific roleplaying game I was going to run with my friends, but more as:
A) something I have always wanted to do, as I have had the idea and concept for a world in my head for a very long time but never gotten around to writing it down and fleshing it out further.
B) to see what I could do if I gave myself complete creative freedom, not restrained by any particular game system or adventure idea.
That being said, I might still run a game in that world in the future. A friend of mine even convinced me to start working on a game system specifically for this world. I was a bit hesitant at first, but having worked on it I am now finding it to be a very fun, and interesting, challenge to go alongside the actual world building. I am still making sure however, that the world comes first and that the game system will be adapted to it, rather than the other way around.
Well, I think that is all from me for the moment.
See you all on the other side!
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